[cap10morgan]

There's a common fallacious argument in here:

A. The corporations that have the most power in this industry have lobbied for and gotten a consumer-hostile regulatory regime. B. It's the government's fault that the regulations are less than ideal. Therefore the consumer would be best served by getting the government out of it.

This is like saying, "The problem with being stranded in the desert is the lack of water. Therefore water is the problem. Therefore we should remove all the water from the desert."

[gizmo686]

The article is not arguing that we should remove government regulations. It is arguing that we should re-instate a particular regulation that has been shown to work for very similar systems (and would already apply if not for a specific exception).

[001sky]

The answer needs to be proper regulation. not "de-regulation". the corruption and collusion of the regulatory process needs to be addressed head on. there is an interim step of "de-regulating" but that is to enable proper regulations to be put into place.